Menezes-de-Aquino WK, de Oliveira-Lopes MV, da-Silva VM, Gutiérrez Barreiro R. Accuracy of the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis: Ineffective thermoregulation in newborns.
Enferm Clin (Engl Ed) 2020;
30:377-385. [PMID:
32171645 DOI:
10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.12.011]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To identify the measures of accuracy for defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis: Ineffective thermoregulation in newborns.
METHOD
Diagnostic accuracy study with cross-sectional design performed in medium and high-risk maternity units, located in Fortaleza city/Brazil. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of the diagnosis under study. The measures of accuracy for defining characteristics were obtained from a latent class model with random effects for the calculation of sensitivity and specificity values.
RESULTS
The characteristics of increased respiratory rate and warm skin to the touch had higher sensitivity values (99.9%) and lower specificity (79 and 75%) and the characteristics of body temperature fluctuations above and below the normal parameters and hypertension had the highest specificity (80.4 and 100%, respectively).
CONCLUSION
The characteristic fluctuation of the body temperature above and below the normal parameters may be better to confirm the diagnosis, having presented a higher specificity value.
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